After mounting a historic 30 point comeback on Monday night, the Hawks faced off against the Celtics once again on Thursday. The Hawks ran with Dejounte Murray, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Vit Krejci, De’Andre Hunter, and Clint Capela as their starters, and this one finished in an even more thrilling fashion.
The Hawks turned it over on their first two possessions. After Jaylen Brown scored the first four points, a Clint Capela turnaround hook shot would be the first basket of the game for the Hawks. The Celtics led 16-11 seven minutes into the game, with Porzingis scoring seven of those points on seven shots.
Dejounte Murray scored a layup and then sank a three-pointer to take a 26-25 lead. After this, he came down a nailed a midrange to bring his total to 12 points, but the Celtics led 29-28 as time expired in the quarter.
